Re: Latest Voodoo3 drivers - thumbs up, or down?

Steve Smith <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ex0g5.50041$[email hidden]... > What is the general consensus of opinion on the version 1.05.00 WHQLdrivers > (updated 4th July) for the Voodoo 3? Improvement to older games e.g. GPL, > RC2000, Half-Life? Any problems or even (God forbid!) slowdown in frame > rate encountered? > > I was a bit underwhelmed with the jump from 1.03 to 1.04, which sorted a > System Shock 2 bug but did weird things to my display size unless Ifiddled > with monitor refresh rates -- and did nothing I could notice with frame > rates. So I thought I'd ask those with experience before sitting througha > 10 MB download and dubious upgrade. > > If it's important, my system is a PII 400 with 128 MB RAM and a Voodoo33000 > AGP, 17 inch monitor at 1024 x 768 res and 24 bit colour. > > Thanks > Steve > > Similar system here, PII400 128MB, SBLive, V3 2000 etc.... No problems with either the Beta drivers or the final release 1.05 drivers. Very stable in GPL, CMR, NFSPU, TOCA2, N3, NL, SCGT and F12K. -- don New Programmes for the Converted GPL Tracks http://www.ianparker1.freeserve.co.uk/gpl/index.html http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/brucek/hmrc/Covers.htm

TL Dura" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kK0g5.783$[email hidden]... > I've just installed the latest drivers and ... er, I haven't noticed > anything untoward or especially different, except that I can now run > Half-Life and Worldcraft3.3 *at the same time* WHOOO HOOO! This probably > indicates that something *good* is going on "under the hood" (I apologise > for the highly technical terminology). lucky for some.......I can't get worldcraft to even get into the editing stage..it locks up on me mind you, that's coz I think my CPU's dying.... :( -- Capt Farrell ICQ : 49463087 78 M D T- C+ A- H- K P S B Po+ RGB+ I+ L3- I'm sure now.... "If in doubt, lie your ass off!" Monkey Lovin' quantum Field Theory Yoda's Love Child If God doesn't have a sense of humour, explain the platypus. "If you don't have any beliefs, no-one can oppose them." "There are better things to do to virgins than sacrifice them!" "Damn your black heart, Barbara Streisand!" "How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise, Johnny?" "It's easy to find something worth dying for. Do you have anything worth living for?" "As long as you're not at the scene of the crime with a smoking gun in your hand, you'll get away with it." ">

i got a 2-3 fps increase with a similar system.

i got a 2-3 fps increase with a similar system. Steve Smith <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ex0g5.50041$[email hidden]... > What is the general consensus of opinion on the version 1.05.00 WHQLdrivers > (updated 4th July) for the Voodoo 3? Improvement to older games e.g. GPL, > RC2000, Half-Life? Any problems or even (God forbid!) slowdown in frame > rate encountered? > > I was a bit underwhelmed with the jump from 1.03 to 1.04, which sorted a > System Shock 2 bug but did weird things to my display size unless Ifiddled > with monitor refresh rates -- and did nothing I could notice with frame > rates. So I thought I'd ask those with experience before sitting througha > 10 MB download and dubious upgrade. > > If it's important, my system is a PII 400 with 128 MB RAM and a Voodoo33000 > AGP, 17 inch monitor at 1024 x 768 res and 24 bit colour. > > Thanks > Steve > >

I've just installed the latest drivers and ... er, I haven't noticed anything untoward or especially different, except that I can now run Half-Life and Worldcraft3.3 *at the same time* WHOOO HOOO! This probably indicates that something *good* is going on "under the hood" (I apologise for the highly technical terminology). Oh, and you get this nice "task manager" thing with a few more options. It's probably worth it, IMHFO. -- TL Dura [ [email hidden] ] Life's a Bza then ya Dza -- Steve Smith <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ex0g5.50041$[email hidden]... > What is the general consensus of opinion on the version 1.05.00 WHQL drivers > (updated 4th July) for the Voodoo 3? Improvement to older games e.g. GPL, > RC2000, Half-Life? Any problems or even (God forbid!) slowdown in frame > rate encountered? > > I was a bit underwhelmed with the jump from 1.03 to 1.04, which sorted a > System Shock 2 bug but did weird things to my display size unless I fiddled > with monitor refresh rates -- and did nothing I could notice with frame > rates. So I thought I'd ask those with experience before sitting through a > 10 MB download and dubious upgrade. > > If it's important, my system is a PII 400 with 128 MB RAM and a Voodoo3 3000 > AGP, 17 inch monitor at 1024 x 768 res and 24 bit colour. > > Thanks > Steve > >

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> > What is the general consensus of opinion on the version 1.05.00 WHQL drivers > (updated 4th July) for the Voodoo 3? Improvement to older games e.g. GPL, > RC2000, Half-Life? Any problems or even (God forbid!) slowdown in frame > rate encountered? > > I was a bit underwhelmed with the jump from 1.03 to 1.04, which sorted a > System Shock 2 bug but did weird things to my display size unless I fiddled > with monitor refresh rates -- and did nothing I could notice with frame > rates. So I thought I'd ask those with experience before sitting through a > 10 MB download and dubious upgrade. > > If it's important, my system is a PII 400 with 128 MB RAM and a Voodoo3 3000 > AGP, 17 inch monitor at 1024 x 768 res and 24 bit colour. > > Thanks > Steve

New drivers totally screwed my system. My machine would lock-up when exiting ANY full-screen application. Type quit in half-life, freezes up. Type exit in Unreal, locks up. Hit Quit on this game called Mindrover, locks up. Now I reinstalled the 1.04 drivers and everything is peachy keen. [email hidden]

speed racer wrote: > > although it doesn't sound as if this is right, but apparntly 32 bit is > easier on the machine (faster) than 24 bit. I forget the reaosning... but I > assume it has to do with wordsize or something or other.. I could be wrong No that would be correct. Although some cpu's would see more of a performance hit then others. (Pentium pro's would probably see a huge performance hit). Regards, Steven -- This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked [sic] from context. -- David Moser '77 M T- C+ A $RAT? H+ K S P++/P* B+ P0 RGB+ I* L3 Proud Owner Of; 3 "I corrected Bench" Points 10 Monkey Related Sig/Post Points 2 "I'm very sorry I spelt your name wrong" Points 10 "A Direct Hit" Points 5 I'm a cheeky Monkey Points

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> >> And don't forget that you can kiss 24 bit color goodbye. It's now > >256, 16 bit or 32 bit desktop only. > > > >No offence, but why would you need to have a 24 bit desktop? > > I figure it uses less memory/resources than a 32-bit desktop, and > it's indistinguishable from the 32 bit, right?

Well, to be fair.. I don't see any significant difference between 16 bit or 32bit to be honest.. however I usually run 32bit anyway.. just for the hell of it :) -- Ben Cottrell AKA Bench E-Mail : mailto:[email hidden] (take out "REMOVE" and "NOSPAM" to reply by email) ICQ : 46515984 WWW : http://ds.dial.pipex.com/bench See My Website for the #AGHL IRC FAQ '82 M C++ A+ T+ D H+ K+ S@ P B++ Po++ RGB++ (I*< I+) L3 Sp

"Steven Vandenbosch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > DTP wrote: > > > > And don't forget that you can kiss 24 bit color goodbye. It's now 256,16 bit or 32 bit desktop only. > > No offence, but why would you need to have a 24 bit desktop? >I don't see the need for anything past the 16bit desktop..... Word of warning for people with the updated drivers: If you reformat/install your computer and install the new drivers, remember to install directx 7 or you'll think your computer is knackered - I know I did.... -- Capt Farrell ICQ : 49463087 78 M D T- C+ A- H- K P S B Po+ RGB+ I+ L3- I'm sure now.... "If in doubt, lie your ass off!" Monkey Lovin' quantum Field Theory Yoda's Love Child If God doesn't have a sense of humour, explain the platypus. "If you don't have any beliefs, no-one can oppose them." "There are better things to do to virgins than sacrifice them!" "Damn your black heart, Barbara Streisand!" "How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise, Johnny?" "It's easy to find something worth dying for. Do you have anything worth living for?" "As long as you're not at the scene of the crime with a smoking gun in your hand, you'll get away with it."

DTP wrote: > > And don't forget that you can kiss 24 bit color goodbye. It's now 256, 16 bit or 32 bit desktop only. No offence, but why would you need to have a 24 bit desktop? Regards, Steven -- This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked [sic] from context. -- David Moser '77 M T- C+ A $RAT? H+ K S P++/P* B+ P0 RGB+ I* L3 Proud Owner Of; 3 "I corrected Bench" Points 10 Monkey Related Sig/Post Points 2 "I'm very sorry I spelt your name wrong" Points 10 "A Direct Hit" Points 5 I'm a cheeky Monkey Points

"Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ex0g5.50041$[email hidden]... clip, clip, clip > If it's important, my system is a PII 400 with 128 MB RAM and a Voodoo3 3000 > AGP, 17 inch monitor at 1024 x 768 res and 24 bit colour. > > Thanks > Steve And don't forget that you can kiss 24 bit color goodbye. It's now 256, 16 bit or 32 bit desktop only. -- See ya in the pits, Deano I have a terrible memory. In fact it's so bad that I can't remember how long it's been since I've forgotten anything.

What is the general consensus of opinion on the version 1.05.00 WHQL drivers (updated 4th July) for the Voodoo 3? Improvement to older games e.g. GPL, RC2000, Half-Life? Any problems or even (God forbid!) slowdown in frame rate encountered? I was a bit underwhelmed with the jump from 1.03 to 1.04, which sorted a System Shock 2 bug but did weird things to my display size unless I fiddled with monitor refresh rates -- and did nothing I could notice with frame rates. So I thought I'd ask those with experience before sitting through a 10 MB download and dubious upgrade. If it's important, my system is a PII 400 with 128 MB RAM and a Voodoo3 3000 AGP, 17 inch monitor at 1024 x 768 res and 24 bit colour. Thanks Steve

>> And don't forget that you can kiss 24 bit color goodbye. It's now >256, 16 bit or 32 bit desktop only. >No offence, but why would you need to have a 24 bit desktop? I figure it uses less memory/resources than a 32-bit desktop, and it's indistinguishable from the 32 bit, right? Ram

Steven Vandenbosch <[email hidden]> wrote: >DTP wrote: >> >> And don't forget that you can kiss 24 bit color goodbye. It's now >256, 16 bit or 32 bit desktop only. > >No offence, but why would you need to have a 24 bit desktop? I figure it uses less memory/resources than a 32-bit desktop, and it's indistinguishable from the 32 bit, right? Ram

although it doesn't sound as if this is right, but apparntly 32 bit is easier on the machine (faster) than 24 bit. I forget the reaosning... but I assume it has to do with wordsize or something or other.. I could be wrong speedracer Ben Cottrell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > [email hidden] wrote: > > > >> And don't forget that you can kiss 24 bit color goodbye. It's now > > >256, 16 bit or 32 bit desktop only. > > > > > >No offence, but why would you need to have a 24 bit desktop? > > > > I figure it uses less memory/resources than a 32-bit desktop,

and > > it's indistinguishable from the 32 bit, right? > > Well, to be fair.. I don't see any significant difference between 16 bitor > 32bit to be honest.. however I usually run 32bit anyway.. just for thehell

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> of it :) > > -- > Ben Cottrell AKA Bench > E-Mail : mailto:[email hidden] > (take out "REMOVE" and "NOSPAM" to reply by email) > ICQ : 46515984 > WWW : http://ds.dial.pipex.com/bench > See My Website for the #AGHL IRC FAQ > '82 M C++ A+ T+ D H+ K+ S@ P B++ Po++ RGB++ (I*< I+) L3 Sp > >

Thumbs up. Getting the latest drivers was the only way I could get Diablo 2 to work. Steve Smith <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ex0g5.50041$[email hidden]... > What is the general consensus of opinion on the version 1.05.00 WHQLdrivers > (updated 4th July) for the Voodoo 3? Improvement to older games e.g. GPL, > RC2000, Half-Life? Any problems or even (God forbid!) slowdown in frame > rate encountered? > > I was a bit underwhelmed with the jump from 1.03 to 1.04, which sorted a > System Shock 2 bug but did weird things to my display size unless Ifiddled > with monitor refresh rates -- and did nothing I could notice with frame > rates. So I thought I'd ask those with experience before sitting througha > 10 MB download and dubious upgrade. > > If it's important, my system is a PII 400 with 128 MB RAM and a Voodoo33000 > AGP, 17 inch monitor at 1024 x 768 res and 24 bit colour. > > Thanks > Steve > >